The ICC T20 World Cup 2024 is about to start with a total of 20 teams taking part in the tournament for the first time. This prestigious event would be played in the United States of America and the West Indies starting from 2nd June onwards.
There will be 4 groups with 5 teams each. The top two will qualify for the Super 8 stage with 4 teams into two groups. It promises to be an exciting battle with top teams and associate nations featuring for the first time.
Here we look at the Groups, schedules, and teams of ICC T20 World Cup 2024:
Group A
India
Pakistan
Ireland
Canada
USA
Schedule:
- United States of America vs Canada (Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas, Texas)- 2nd June 2024.
- India vs Ireland (Nassau County International Cricket Ground, New York)- 5th June
- USA vs Pakistan (Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas, Texas)- 6th June
- Ireland vs Canada (Nassau County International Cricket Ground, New York)- 7th June
- India vs Pakistan (Nassau County International Cricket Ground, New York)- 9th June
- Pakistan vs Canada (Nassau County International Cricket Ground, New York)- 11th June
- India vs USA (Nassau County International Cricket Ground, New York)- 12th June
- USA vs Ireland (Central Broward Regional Park Stadium, Lauderhill)- 14th June
- India vs Canada (Central Broward Regional Park Stadium, Lauderhill)- 15th June
- Pakistan vs Ireland (Central Broward Regional Park Stadium, Lauderhill)- 16th June
Teams:
India– Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya (vc), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Siraj
Reserves– Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Khaleel Ahmed and Avesh Khan.
Ireland– Paul Stirling (Capt), Mark Adair, Ross Adair, Andrew Balbirnie, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Graham Hume, Josh Little, Barry McCarthy, Neil Rock, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Ben White, Craig Young.
Pakistan- Babar Azam (captain), Abrar Ahmed, Azam Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Rizwan, Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Usman Khan
USA– Monank Patel (captain), Aaron Jones (vice-Captain), Andries Gous, Corey Anderson, Ali Khan, Harmeet Singh, Jessy Singh, Milind Kumar, Nisarg Patel, Nitish Kumar, Nosthush Kenjige, Saurabh Nethravalkar, Shadley Van Schalkwyk, Steven Taylor, Shayan Jahangir.
Reserves– Gajanand Singh, Juandoy Drysdale, Yasir Mohammad.
Canada– Saad Bin Zafar (c), Aaron Johnson, Dilon Heyliger, Dilpreet Bajwa, Harsh Thaker, Jeremy Gordon, Junaid Siddiqui, Kaleem Sana, Kanwarpal Tathgur, Navneet Dhaliwal, Nicholas Kirton, Pargat Singh, Ravinderpal Singh, Rayyankhan Pathan, Shreyas Movva.
Reserves: Tajinder Singh, Aaditya Varadharajan, Ammar Khalid, Jatinder Matharu, Parveen Kumar.
Group B
England
Australia
Oman
Scotland
Namibia
Schedule:
- Oman vs Namibia (Kennington Oval, Barbados)- 3rd June
- England vs Scotland (Kensington Oval, Barbados)- 4th June
- Oman vs Australia (Kensington Oval, Barbados)- 5th June
- Namibia vs Scotland (Kensington Oval, Barbados)- 6th June
- Australia vs England (Kensington Oval, Barbados)- 8th June
- Oman vs Scotland (Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua)- 9th June
- Namibia vs Australia (Sir Vivan Richards Stadium, Antigua)- 11th June
- Oman vs England (Sir Vivan Richards Stadium, Antigua)- 13th June
- Namibia vs England (Sir Vivan Richards Stadium, Antigua)- 15th June
- Scotland vs Australia (Darren Sammy Stadium, St Lucia)- 15th June
Teams:
Australia– David Warner, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Tim David, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood, Josh Inglis, Ashton Agar, Cameron Green, and Nathan Ellis.
Reserves– Jake Fraser McGurk, Matthew Short
England– Jos Buttler (c), Moeen Ali, Jofra Archer, Jonathan Bairstow, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Ben Duckett, Tom Hartley, Will Jacks, Chris Jordan, Liam Livingstone, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Reece Topley, Mark Wood.
Oman– Aqib Ilyas (c), Zeeshan Maqsood, Kashyap Prajapati, Pratik Athavale (wk), Ayaan Khan, Shoaib Khan, Mohammad Nadeem, Naseem Khushi (wk), Mehran Khan, Bilal Khan, Rafiullah, Kaleemullah, Fayyaz Butt, Shakeel Ahmad, Khalid Kail.
Reserves: Jatinder Singh, Samay Shrivastava, Sufyan Mehmood, Jay Odedra.
Scotland– Richie Berrington (c), Matthew Cross, Brad Currie, Chris Greaves, Oli Hairs, Jack Jarvis, Michael Jones, Michael Leask, Brandon McMullen, George Munsey, Safyaan Sharif, Chris Sole, Charlie Tear, Mark Watt, Brad Wheal.
Namibia– Gerhard Erasmus (c), Zane Green, Michael Van Lingen, Dylan Leicher, Ruben Trumpelmann, Jack Brassell, Ben Shikongo, Tangeni Lungameni, Niko Davin, JJ Smit, Jan Frylinck, JP Kotze, David Wiese, Bernard Scholtz, Malan Kruger, PD Blignaut.
Group C
New Zealand
West Indies
Afghanistan
Papua New Guinea
Uganda
Schedule:
- West Indies vs PNG (Providence Stadium, Guyana)- 2nd June
- Afghanistan vs Uganda (Providence Stadium, Guyana)-4th June
- Uganda vs PNG (Providence Stadium, Guyana)- 5th June
- Afghanistan vs New Zealand (Providence Stadium, Guyana)- 7th June
- West Indies vs Uganda (Providence Stadium, Guyana)- 8th June
- West Indies vs New Zealand (Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Trinidad)- 12th June
- Afghanistan vs PNG (Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Trinidad)- 13th June
- Uganda vs New Zealand (Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Trinidad)- 14th June
- PNG vs Uganda (Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Trinidad)- 17th June
- West Indies vs Afghanistan (Darren Sammy Stadium, St Lucia)- 17th
Teams:
New Zealand– Kane Williamson (C), Finn Allen, Trent Boult, Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Daryl Mitchell, Jimmy Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee.
Travelling Reserve: Ben Sears
West Indies– Rovman Powell (capt), Alzarri Joseph (vc), Johnson Charles, Roston Chase, Shimron Hetmyer, Shamar Joseph, Brandon King, Nicholas Pooran, Shai Hope, Andre Russell, Romario Shepherd, Obed McCoy, Akeal Hosein, Gudakesh Motie, Sherfane Rutherford
Travelling Reserves– Kyle Mayers, Matthew Forde, Fabien Allen, Hayden Walsh Junior, Andre Fletcher.
Afghanistan– Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Azmatullah Omarzai, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Ishaq, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Karim Janat, Rashid Khan (c), Nangyal Kharoti, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazallahq Farooqi, Fareed Ahmad Malik
Reserves: Sediq Atal, Hazratullah Zazai, Saleem Safi
Uganda– Brian Masaba (c), Simon Ssesazi, Roger Mukasa, Cosmas Kyewuta, Dinesh Nakrani, Fred Achelam, Kenneth Waiswa, Alpesh Ramjani, Frank Nsubuga, Henry Ssenyondo, Bilal Hassun, Robinson Obuya, Riazat Ali Shah (vc), Juma Miyaji, Ronak Patel.
Travelling Reserves: Innocent Mwebaze, Ronald Lutaaya
PNG– Assadollah Vala (c), CJ Amini (vc), Alei Nao, Chad Soper, Hila Vare, Hiri Hiri, Jack Gardner, John Kariko, Kabua Vagi Morea, Kipling Doriga, Lega Siaka, Norman Vanua, Sema Kamea, Sese Bau, Tony Ura.
Group D
South Africa
Sri Lanka
Bangladesh
Nepal
Netherlands
Schedule:
- Sri Lanka vs South Africa (Nassau County International Cricket Ground, New York)- 3rd June
- Nepal vs Netherlands (Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas, Texas)- 4th June
- Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh (Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas, Texas)- 7th June
- Netherlands vs South Africa (Nassau County International Cricket Ground, New York)- 8th June
- South Africa vs Bangladesh (Nassau County International Cricket Ground, New York)- 10th June
- Nepal vs Sri Lanka (Central Broward Regional Park Stadium, Lauderhill)- 11th June
- Netherlands vs Bangladesh (Arnos Vale Stadium, St Vincent)- 13th June
- Nepal vs South Africa (Arnos Vale Stadium, St Vincent)- 14th June
- Nepal vs Bangladesh (Arnos Vale Stadium, St Vincent)- 15th June
- Netherlands vs Sri Lanka (Darren Sammy Stadium, St Lucia)- 16th June
Teams:
South Africa– Aiden Markram (c), Othniel Baartman, Gerald Coetzee, Quinton de Kock, Bjorn Fortuin, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, David Miller, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickleton, Tabriz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs.
Traveling reserves: Nandre Burger and Lungi Ngidi.
Sri Lanka– Wanindu Hasranga (c), Charith Asalanaka (vc), Kusal Mendis, Pathum Nissanka, Kamindu Mendis, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Angelo Mathews, Dasun Shanaka, Dhananjaya De Silva, Maheesh Theekshana, Dunith Wellage, Dushamanta Chameera, Nuwan Thushara, Matheesha Pathirana, and Dilshan Madushanka
Traveling Reserves: Asitha Fernando, Vijayakanth Viiyaskanth, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, and Janith Liyanage.
Netherlands– Aryan Dutt, Bas de Leede, Kyle Klein, Logan van Beek, Max O’Dowd, Michael Levitt, Paul van Meekeren, Saqib Zulfiqar, Scott Edwards, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Teja Nidamanuru, Tim Pringle, Vikram Singh, Viv Kingma, Wesley Barresi.
Nepal– Rohit Paudel (c), Aasif Sheikh, Anil Kumar Sah, Kushal Bhurtel, Kushal Malla, Dipendra Singh Airee, Lalit Rajbanshi, Karan KC, Gulshan Jha, Sompal Kami, Pratis GC, Sundeep Jora, Abinash Bohara, Sagar Dhakal, Kamal Singh Airee
Bangladesh– Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Taskin Ahmed, Litton Das, Soumya Sarkar, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Shakib Al Hasan, Tawhid Hridoy, Mahmud Ullah Riyad, Jaker Ali Anik, Tanvir Islam, Shak Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Tanzim Hasan Sakib.
Traveling reserves: Afif Hossain, Hasan Mahmud
Schedule of Super 8 Stage:
Group 1
A1
B2
C1
D2
- C1 vs A1 (Kenigston Oval, Barbados )- 20th June
- B2 vs D2 (Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua)- 20th June
- A1 vs D2 (Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua)- 22nd June
- C1 vs b2 (Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua)- 22nd June
- B2 vs A1 ( Darren Sammy Stadium, St Lucia)- 24th June
- C1 vs D2 ( Arnos Vale Stadium, St Vincent)- 24th June
Group 2
A2
B1
C2
D1
- A2 vs D1 ( Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua)- 19th June
- B1 vs C2 ( Darren Sammy Stadium, St Lucia)- 19th June
- B1 vs D1 ( Darren Sammy Stadium, St Lucia)- 21st June
- A2 vs C2 ( Kenigston Oval, Barbados)- 21st June
- A2 vs B1 ( Kenigston Oval, Barbados)- 23rd June
- C2 vs D1 ( Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua)- 23rd June.
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